Sunday, February 7, 2010

The new romantic drama Dear John unexpectedly ended the seven-week reign of Avatar at the weekend box office in North America, pulling in large numbers of young female moviegoers. Audiences for the film were 84% female and two-thirds were under the age of 21.

Avatar earned $23.6 million in its eighth weekend, taking its total to $630.1 million. James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster surpassed the $601 million haul of his 1997 release Titanic last Tuesday to become the biggest movie of all time in the United States and Canada. With a record $2.2 billion worldwide, Avatar also recently soared past the $1.8 billion Titanic took in globally.

Reviews of Edge of Darkness, Crazy Heart, Sherlock Holmes and other movies not in the top ten can be found by clicking on the Film Reviews archive image at left.

All figures are industry estimates. Actual figures are released on Monday.

Don't forget to vote in the Oscar poll at left -- which film most deserves to win for Best Picture?